This debut single from the Berlin quartet is guaranteed to be inspiring some serious air guitar playing in student bedrooms across the country. With its major power chords and the pervasive influences of The Ramones and The Buzzcocks this is a refreshing blast of full on rock.
There is that raw edge here which only seems to come from continental bands at the moment. The angular, almost serrated guitars and driving drums together with lead singer Sebastian Gabel's rasping vocals give this track that force that is missing from so many of our current home-grown offerings. If you're looking for an antidote to bands like Embrace, then get yourself down to the record shop and grab a copy of this.
Normally, you wouldn't mention the B-side of a single in this sort of review, but the live version of Blondie's classic Hanging on the Telephone would be worth the purchase price by itself. Look out for this lot on a festival bill soon, they're going to be amazing live. It's just a pity that some bigoted idiot will almost certainly drone on about the use of the word Blitz in the band's name.
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